Henrik Stenson

Kamran Jebreili/Associated PressNobody hit the ball better at the end of 2013 than Henrik Stenson.

When we think about the way Henrik Stenson dominated the PGA Tour coming down the stretch of the 2013 season, the words power and accuracy come immediately to mind.

Those two attributes won't hurt him at all at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, site of this year's British Open. If his game is under control like it was last year, there's no reason Stenson can't break through in an event where he has done well.

He has a second, two thirds, three top-fives and three top-10s in golf's oldest championship. Take away last year's tie for 48th and Stenson has finished in the top five in three of this last six starts.

Matt Kuchar

Tom Pennington/Getty ImagesMatt Kuchar is getting the hang of playing in majors and should star at Pinehurst No. 2.

Matt Kuchar is one of the players of whom much has been expected for quite a while.

He came to the PGA Tour with great promise and has grown into a model of consistency, especially in major championships. He's started 33 times in a major and made the cut 18 times. Pretty average stuff there, right?

Well 14 of those have come in the 16 majors since 2010.

He's a money-making machine but very much wants that elusive first major.

Kuchar has just one top-10 in a U.S. Open but has the perfect combination of being a long-ball hitter with a flatter trajectory that should help him get the ball around Pinehurst No. 2.

Sergio Garcia

Ross Kinnaird/Getty ImagesSergio Garcia is still trying to figure out how to win a major.

If you're old enough to remember Sergio Garcia's shot from behind a tree at Medinah Country Club that was followed by him scissor-kicking and bounding up the fairway to see the shot, you remember how much hype and promise there was about him.

Well, with a grand total of 61 majors under his belt, Garcia is still where he was in 1999: winless.

He has climbed back to No. 9 in the Official World Golf Rankings after a resurgence in his game the last couple years.

If there is one major where he might have a shot at making a run at, it would be the PGA Championship. He's had some success in that event with a pair of seconds, a third, three top-fives and six top-25s.

Jason Day

Todd Warshaw/Getty ImagesJason Day had a big chance last year at Augusta.

Jason Day has the best recent resume of any player who has yet to win a major title.

He tied for second in the Masters in 2011, finished second solo and T-2 in the U.S. Open in 2011 and 2013 and posted a T-8 in the PGA Championship last year.

He had a great chance to win the Masters last year, being tied at the top before making bogey on two of the final three holes. That was only his fourth Masters, and obviously he's learned about Augusta National very well.

Day didn't become the first Australian to win the Masters last year, that honor went to Adam Scott.